A Serbian VillageColumbia University Press, 1958 - 325 pages A condensed version of the author's doctoral dissertation published in 1956 under title: Social and cultural change in a Serbian village. |
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Page 142
... young boy or even a young adult met an older man he would take off his hat and say , " Good day . " A new daughter - in - law had to wash the feet of the male elders at the end of each day's work . When a starešina entered the home of a ...
... young boy or even a young adult met an older man he would take off his hat and say , " Good day . " A new daughter - in - law had to wash the feet of the male elders at the end of each day's work . When a starešina entered the home of a ...
Page 187
... young men meet their brides.7 When village girls get dressed up to go to town they carry their good shoes and walk in everyday rubber sandals . Just outside Arandjelovac they stop to change shoes , help each other smooth their braids ...
... young men meet their brides.7 When village girls get dressed up to go to town they carry their good shoes and walk in everyday rubber sandals . Just outside Arandjelovac they stop to change shoes , help each other smooth their braids ...
Page 190
... young men to meet , girls from families with whom they already have some sort of tie . Frequently an Orašac matron originally from a partic- ular village will recommend a girl from her vamilija to someone in her husband's clan or to a ...
... young men to meet , girls from families with whom they already have some sort of tie . Frequently an Orašac matron originally from a partic- ular village will recommend a girl from her vamilija to someone in her husband's clan or to a ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Orašac Village Today | 37 |
Copyright | |
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